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What a homeowner wants to see
* Total up front costs
* Percentage of offset
* payback
* rebates
Notes
dsire.org is a site for federal rebates
consider the 4.5% increase in utility prices
the azimuth angle for south is 180 degrees
to determine the square footage of a system
- avg sqft per panel is 18
- avg watts per panel is 270
Need homeowners annual kwhs/year
- api call for avg cost per kwh by state
http://api.eia.gov/series/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE&series_id=ELEC.PRICE.#{state in 2 letter abbr.}-RES.A
Big thing is what is the payback???
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